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Letters Patent No. 97 ,504, dated December* 7, 1869.

l IMPROVEMENT IN DITCHINGMACHINE.

erence being h ad to the accompanying drawings, forming'patt of this specification, in which- Figure l is a side view of my improved machine, partly `in section, to show the construction.

Figure 2 isa top view of the same, part being broken away, to show the construction. y Figure 3 is a detail sectional view of the saine, taken through the line :z: x, fig..1.

Figure 4 is a detail View of the cross or side spout. Similar letters of reference indicate `corresponding parts. 4 Myinvention `has for its object to furnish a simple, convenient, and effective machine for opening ditches, .and which shall be so constructed and arrangedthat itmay he used for making crooked ditches; and 1t consists in the construction andcombinat-ion of the various parts ofthe machine, as hereinafter more fully described. Y f

A is the Vplow or digger, the forward part or point of which is made toothed, as shown in fig. 2.

' rEhe plowA is set in an inclined position, and to its side edges are attached' the side bars of .the frame B, the upper edges of the forward parts of which prov ject a little above the plow A, to form guide-anges,

to conductthe dirt raised by the plow to the elevator-beltO.

The elevator() is formed'by attaching a series of buckets to an endless belt, which passes around a roller, D, pi'voted to andbetween the side bars or plates of the frame B, directly beneath the rear or upper end .ofthe inclined plow A, so as to receive the dirt from said plowr The upper part of the belt O passes around a roller, E, pivoted to and between the front side bars of the frame-Work F, as 'shown iigs. 1, 2, and 3.

Gis an endless carrier-belt, placed a little below therear or upper part of the elevator-belt G, in an inclined position, with its lower end extending ont at the side of the machine, so as to`convey the dirt received from the elevator C to a suicient distance from the ditch to keep it from falling hack into said ditch.

"The carrier-G passes around the rollers H and I,

pivoted to supports formed upon or attached to the I frame-work F.

The base-frame B, in the rear of the plowA, and of the lower part of the elevator O, is contracted or made narrower, as shown infig. 2,' to allow the machine to move .more freely through the ditch, and to allow the machine to be turned in opening a crooked ditch.` p

J is vthe drive-wheel, which is pivoted to and betw-een the side bars of the base-frame B, at or near its middle part, to bring the machine more fully under the control of the operator, when being operated.

To one side of the drive-wheel J is attached a pulley, K, around which, and around a pulley formed upon or attached to the roller E, passes a band, L,

lso that the elevator' may be driven by the advance "of the machine.

. 'To the other side' of the drive-wheel J is attached or upon it is formed another pulley, M, around which, and around afpulleypformed upon 'or attached to the rollerH, passes a band, N, so that the cross-carrier G maybe driven by the advance of the machine.

When the dirt to be raised is dry, so that it will not stick or clog, I prefer to replace the carrier G H I by a spout, O, supported by the same rodsor bolts that pivot the rollers H I; but when the dirt to be raised is wet or clayey', so that it wouldadhere to or clog the spout- O, I prefer to use the carrier G H I,

as hereinbefore described.

' P are the handles, by means of which the machine is guided, and which are attached to the rear part of the base-frame B, as shown in figs. 1 and 2.

Having thus described my invention,

What'I claim as lnew,and' desire to secure by Let- H. L. HA'LL. 

